Company Description
Robinson Ravani & Co Solicitors Ltd is a leading law firm based in Romford, providing high-quality legal services in areas such as Residential Conveyancing, Commercial Property, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Immigration, Family Law, and more across England and Wales. The firm focuses on building strong relationships with clients by offering bespoke and discreet guidance through challenging legal situations. Client feedback is crucial for continuous improvement, and success is attributed to clients, employees, and professional networks.
Our core values:
· We want to give our clients a remarkable service and experience
· We enjoy what we do and we are good at what we do
· We can achieve more collectively than we can individually
· We value diversity, enterprise and innovation
· Financial stability and increasing revenue are paramount if we are to enjoy success
The role:
Property solicitor: expert technical knowledge and practical experience.
Job description:
70% Delivering advice; legal research; delegating fee earning work undertaken by colleagues; updating costs information; time recording; opening, advising, progressing, and closing client matters and all associated tasks
10% Dealing with enquiries and winning work, providing estimates, following up leads
10% Raise profile of firm and attract new enquiries by networking, building and maintaining professional relationships and dealing with complaints; support strategic aims of the practice
10% Training other members of staff; take part in own training and maintain development plan and development record; updating precedents
This is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive list; you may be required to carry out other duties as required.
Experience:
Experience of handling residential and commercial conveyancing, mortgage work to include proficiency in some or all of the following specialist areas:
· Leasehold enfranchisement, lease extensions.
· Residential sales of freehold reversions.
· Shared ownership and home equity loans.
· Bridging loans.
· Declarations of trust, and loan agreements.
· Home equity release/lifetime mortgages.
· Development work such as options, overage and clawback agreements, planning and other statutory agreements, community infrastructure levy.
· Knowledge of stamp duty land tax, and VAT as they relate to property transactions.
· Commercial leases, renewal, and determination; assignment and surrender of commercial leases.
· Licenses to assign, underlet and make alterations;
· Commercial property: sale, purchase, granting leases and licenses.
· Easements and rights of way.
· Unregistered land
· Acquisition of land by adverse possession.
· Residential letting, and the sale and purchase of investment properties.
· Newbuild conveyancing.
. Working knowledge of Wills and Probate; drafting of Wills, filing and making of IHT Application , application for grant of probate and letters of administration.
Personal specification:
Essential to carry out role to minimum required standard:
Qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with current practising certificate and first rate academic credentials.
You must be able to:
· Manage a full caseload and to progress cases without supervision;
· Handle a wide range of clients and to manage their expectations;
· Exercise judgment and independent decision making, with consultation, as appropriate; and
· Be approachable, collaborative and resilient.
